A Thinking Man

You had to be there to feel the menace!
I wouldn’t have believed it possible. So much threat packed into such a small package.
It was at my supermarket last Saturday.  Ok, I was slightly jaded having just completed a shop almost three times the size of normal (my wife has a large family coming to stay). [...]

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It is not the job of the British Post Office to act as a proselytizing agent for any religion or philosophy.  Its job is simply to sell relevant postal products and to deliver mail and parcels as efficiently as possible.  The Post Office is a retailer and a public service, not a Church.
The annual battle [...]

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Christmas is traditionally a time of peace. Many of the faithful would even argue that peace on earth is one of the ‘true meanings’ of Christmas. At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI called on world leaders to end bloody conflicts and expressed hope that the celebration of birth of Jesus Christ would bring [...]

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According to reports on newsnet5, thieves in Ohio stole a baby Jesus from a Christmas display in a resident’s front yard.
I suppose if you are of the view that the Christian faith is under attack in the West, the above theft could be seen as some kind of prophetic drama or parable.

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I read recently of someone working in the Thai Embassy who loved her job, not least because as well as being given British Public Holidays (some of which were Christian religious festivals) she was also given Thai public holidays.  Imagine the appeal that that would have if legislation were introduced into the UK to grant people holidays [...]

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